Vinyl Nightscapes and What You Meant To Me

By Bella Butchery

When we met you were
In a coked hissy-fit
Nose trickled from the drip
Bleak into a split lip

But enough semantics….

I saw you dance on stage
Blinding into a lightshow
Reminding me of a drugged movie star whore
Selling yourself to glares
And go-go girl blues

Lost…
Lost in ambience...

Ambiguity sparkles
And blinks towards
Your mirrored stare
Eyes that mist a translucent haze
While thoughts prove a hateful gaze

Like staring into the light
A delirium of spots and silver smiles…

An electric chrono-counter culture
Time moved an inch to take the sun away
And the city blankets a digital placenta…
A symmetrical skin-graphed
Neon sidewalks and skyscrapers

Walking a tenderloin wonderland
This X was marked in red
Shovels and picks dug for the crime
But cries ripped from the ground
Recording the death of a tear
*june dripped the fall of a star, mapped unparallel beauty of a scar*

Save your Billie Holiday
Stand beside me complex
Because you could never pull it off
Just take another pill
And wash it down with a hallow apology

I spoke in tongues
You spoke in vowels and slurs
All that came out was
*I _o_e _ou*
Mixed into defragmented
Sentence structures

A dead red robin huddled in the brush
*this was meant to hurt you*
.
.
.
Burn the nightscape I so thoroughly adored
And finally
Embrace the dreams I so thoroughly ignored
.
.
.
*time for me to leave, and I don’t know if I will ever return*

And though it all
Emotions left asundure
drowning
will be the last thing we remember

I kept your heart in my pocket
-whispers charred your ear-

Too bad you never kept mine…

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Published on Monday, April 2, 2007. Filed under: "Lyrics"

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Comments on "Vinyl Nightscapes and What You Meant To Me"

A former member wrote: Beautiful write! :)
On Monday, February 22, 2016, TropicalSnowstorm (1580) wrote:

Wonderful piece! The visuals are vicious and they sting...but the story told is compelling. Ciao, T/S
On Thursday, March 6, 2008, Dancing_Monkey (1228) wrote:

This write is still great.
On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, sIo (898) wrote:

this is intense. i adore the rhyme scheme of the beginning. i need to read more of your work.
A former member wrote: I enjoy your work and really liked this one. You put words together beautifully. =)
On Saturday, May 19, 2007, Moonflower (298) wrote:

wonderful.
On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Trigger (68) wrote:

Magnificant. Complexity dancing arount one simple subject. Brilliant.
On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1228) wrote:

This work demands comments.. so here is my one comment. Love the word build and a few lasting lines in a downwards pyramid.. whatever you desire, words on fire.. I dont know.. *blinks and dances off*
On Monday, May 14, 2007, Mylissa (825) wrote:

I didn't realize this was you...Cloud. sheeshhhhhh I am losing it. lol!
On Sunday, May 13, 2007, BeautifullyRuined (93) wrote:

Wonderful...dont know what else to say.Loved the ending.
On Saturday, May 12, 2007, Sepulcrawl (78) wrote:

this was totally good shit, man. i didn't like your use of the word 'tenderloin' but other than that it was immaculate. have a good one, brother
On Friday, May 11, 2007, Spiritus_Frumenti (340) wrote:

good thing i found you. i loved this piece. lengthy, filled with complexity that sounds so clear. awesome! -l-
On Friday, May 11, 2007, sixsixnine (476) wrote:

Damn this is powerful! I felt every word unfold a very familiar feel one that for the first time I enjoyed. Thank u. *669*
A former member wrote: It was as if I were hovering above, watching everything play out. This was astounding in the word choice, twisted in its meanings, yet beautiful beyond words that I could ever praise it to be.
On Monday, May 7, 2007, Army Barbie (316) wrote:

I felt as if I was dancing naked on a stage, a stripper who didn't mean what she used to mean to the world when she was an innocent child. Heartbreaking. You are 100 percent pure tallent
A former member wrote: "An electric chrono-counter culture/Time moved an inch to take the sun away/And the city blankets a digital placenta…" Love your symmetrical style, and really dig the concept of this piece; that cyberpunk/SpaceNoir feel - the vivid imagery: ...
On Friday, April 27, 2007, Tonights Decision (132) wrote:

lonley ambient city angst,and the smell of my vinyl collection that holds so much stained history.. i drink this deep
On Friday, April 27, 2007, prettydisgrace (93) wrote:

Lovely write- written very beautifully. (BUT i do think u should change your name back to Just shoot.. just an opinion) you write wicked poems.
On Monday, April 23, 2007, Aurora_Light (472) wrote:

I read this a few times before I commented on it, this work seems to hit me and causes me to think deeply about ... well about my past mostly well done
A former member wrote: "Eyes that mist a translucent haze While thoughts prove a hateful gaze" your poetry always astounds me..and the ending of this was outstanding. brilliant.
On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, Disassembly Boy (59) wrote:

I said this before, and I'll say it again.. your words kill something inside of me...but so beautifully.. this was astounding.
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Mylissa (825) wrote:

This weaved so much beauty and passion, intesity filled with desire. Perfect.
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, slow.burn.star (84) wrote:

Thanks for the credit. But my how you've grown and changed... it's pretty amazing to see the birth of this poet. Your first poetry, to now... it's pretty astounding.
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, slow.burn.star (84) wrote:

I very much loved this one. Some of your lines are just so fresh and inspiring... and thank you for my CD.. x. S...
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, slow.burn.star (84) wrote:

I _o_e _ou
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Jonas (715) wrote:

it's hard to impart sincerity without melodrama with text... that said, i enjoyed reading this piece very much.
On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Sin (1135) wrote:

in your writes a lot of times i seem them as a tragic romance..like Bogart struting only newage so its more like jazz house strippers and punks...and you always deliver with a teeth rattling jolt, much respect ~kristy
On Monday, April 16, 2007, carlosjackal (2788) wrote:

This was gutting to read..as beautiful as the words are, the pain seared right on through between. There's also a confusion in the pain, as though you just weren't ready for it to end..Stunning wordage, stunning write!
On Monday, April 16, 2007, GraveFlower (240) wrote:

so crushing, it sucks how that works, you put so much devotion into one and they screw you over.....loved it, i admire your work, every thing so detailed, crushing, heartbreaking...awesome ~*dani*~
On Tuesday, April 3, 2007, Lynaes (854) wrote:

"Too bad you never kept mine".. I am shaken to the core.. "you spoke in tongues".. this is swimming around inside my heart, it's words are echoing right through me... instantly a favourite. You stun me over and over.
A former member wrote: My heart almost stopped when I saw you posted. :) Amazing as always. -Marlena
A former member wrote: i ache. ♥
A former member wrote: and i keep coming back to it.. i don't know what to do.
On Monday, April 2, 2007, Disassembly Boy (59) wrote:

So happy to see another posting from you.. I love your words and I love your imagery... aaah!! makes me wanna scream. :) you rule. THIS rules.. yup
On Monday, April 2, 2007, Bella Butchery (696) wrote:

*this was meant to hurt you* coined by slow.burn.star *heart*
On Monday, April 2, 2007, Tania (192) wrote:

This is beautiful...so emotional. i feel you have poured your heart right out onto the page.. you dont cease to stun me.. im enthralled.
On Monday, April 2, 2007, Mylissa (825) wrote:

I agree with everything said before, this is magical...you have a way with words.
On Monday, April 2, 2007, Spiked Tongue (21) wrote:

beautiful expression of feelings! we are one step closer to understanding whats inside you ~ though i'd be willing to guess we still couldn't wrap our minds around it all
A former member wrote: This was mindshattering! "Burn the nightscape I so thoroughly adored And finally Embrace the dreams I so thoroughly ignored". Fantastic write!
A former member wrote: I never feel worthy enough to comment on your work.Just let me say that your talent blows me away everytime..~M